Control: tags -1 wontfix On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:42:00 -0400 Mike Furr <mf...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: debhelper > Version: 4.2.13 > Severity: wishlist > > It would be nice if dh_movefiles could handle non-existent entries in > pkg.files. As it stands now, it first checks if $file exists and then > runs it through the exclude filter. Thus it is somewhat of a pain to > handle files which are only generated on some architectures. It would > be nice if the exists check was removed(by default, or via an option) so > that the exclude filter could be applied to possible non-existent > entries. > > > [...]
Hi, This bug is rather old and I suspect that the landscape has changed since then. At least, dh_install is and has been recommended over dh_movefiles for quite a while. As it is, I see no renaissance or revival for dh_movefiles - it will remain for the packages that still use it, but I am not planning a new features or changes to its interface. Accordingly, I am now tagging this bug as "wontfix". Thanks, ~Niels
